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Synonyms for smooth-spoken
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : smooth -spoh-kuh n |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsmuðˈspoʊ kən |
Top 10 synonyms for smooth-spoken Other synonyms for the word smooth-spoken
- adroit
- affected
- artful
- artificial
- assuming
- bland
- cagey
- canny
- canting
- captious
- caviling
- chatty
- clamorous
- cogent
- copious
- cursive
- deceptive
- declamatory
- deluding
- dextrous
- disputatious
- dissembling
- double
- double-dealing
- duplicitous
- easy
- effortless
- effusive
- facile
- facund
- faithless
- false
- fast-talking
- feigning
- fervid
- fishy
- flip
- flowing
- fluent
- foxy
- frank
- fraudulent
- free
- free-spoken
- garrulous
- glib
- grandiloquent
- graphic
- hollow
- hot-air
- impassioned
- impressive
- indicative
- insincere
- jivey
- knowing
- left-handed
- liquid
- loquacious
- lying
- magniloquent
- meaningful
- mellifluent
- mellifluous
- meretricious
- moralistic
- moving
- natural
- noisy
- oily
- outspoken
- passionate
- Pecksniffian
- persuasive
- pharisaic
- pharisaical
- phony
- pietistic
- pious
- plainspoken
- plausible
- poignant
- potent
- powerful
- professional
- prompt
- quick
- ready
- revealing
- rhetorical
- round
- running
- sanctimonious
- self-righteous
- sententious
- sharp
- shrewd
- significant
- silver-tongued
- skillful
- slick
- slippery
- sly
- smooth
- smooth operator
- smooth-spoken
- smooth-tongued
- snide
- sophisticated
- specious
- spurious
- stentorian
- stirring
- streetwise
- strident
- suave
- suggestive
- talkative
- telling
- touching
- two-faced
- unctuous
- unnatural
- unreliable
- urbane
- venting
- verbose
- vivid
- vocal
- vocative
- vociferous
- voluble
- well-expressed
- well-versed
- wise
- wordy
Définition of smooth-spoken
- As in slick : adj smart, clever
- As in vocal : adj extroverted about opinion
- As in Pecksniffian : adj hypocritical
- As in pharisaic : adj hypocritical
- As in pharisaical : adj hypocritical
- As in smooth-tongued : adj glib
- As in eloquent : adj having a skillful way with words
- As in fluent : adj articulate
- As in glib : adj slick, smooth-talking
- As in hypocritical : adj deceitful, pretending
- The most dangerous man was apt to be quiet and smooth-spoken.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Outlaw » by Emerson Hough
- Damn the insolent, smooth-spoken knave of hearts, and confound the women!
- Extract from : « Prisoners of Hope » by Mary Johnston
- Among them was the smooth-spoken corregidor, now woefully crestfallen.
- Extract from : « Antony Waymouth » by W.H.G. Kingston
- He was not a smooth-spoken fellow, but he did not wish to offend Lord Medenham.
- Extract from : « Cynthia's Chauffeur » by Louis Tracy
- He watched the newspapers, too—but no longer was he to be taken in by smooth-spoken agents.
- Extract from : « The Jungle » by Upton Sinclair
- I scarcely recognised Miss Rose, who had always looked so pleasant, and been such a smooth-spoken young lady.
- Extract from : « Mirk Abbey, Volume 2(of 3) » by James Payn
- Clive and Hugh looked askance at the comrade they knew as a rule as a smooth-spoken, wool-gathering fellow.
- Extract from : « King of Ranleigh » by F. S. (Frederick Sadlier) Brereton
- How I envied the smooth-spoken man of science his ability to say these words so glibly!
- Extract from : « A Virginia Cousin & Bar Harbor Tales » by Mrs Burton Harrison
- He was always a villain, smooth-spoken and plausible, but a dangerous, subtle villain all the same.
- Extract from : « Beyond the City » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- He was smooth-spoken and courteous to his equals, and generally affable, though with constraint, to his inferiors.
- Extract from : « The Last Of The Barons, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Antonyms for smooth-spoken
- actual
- amateurish
- apathetic
- authentic
- calm
- clumsy
- coarse
- cold
- cool
- dishonest
- dispassionate
- dull
- effortful
- forthright
- frank
- frigid
- genuine
- hesitant
- honest
- humble
- ignorant
- impotent
- inarticulate
- indifferent
- ineffective
- introverted
- just
- modest
- naive
- open
- quiet
- real
- reliable
- righteous
- rough
- shy
- silent
- simple
- sincere
- slow
- stupid
- stuttering
- tactful
- tongue-tied
- truthful
- unaffecting
- unclever
- uncommunicative
- unenthusiastic
- unexcited
- unfluent
- unintelligent
- unmoving
- unpolished
- unprepared
- unskillful
- upright
- weak
- written
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